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Christening day November 16, 1783

• The temperature on November 16, 1783 was about 6.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly south east. Weather type: betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1783: Source: Wikipedia
  • April 18 » Three-Fifths Compromise: the first instance of black slaves in the United States of America being counted as three fifths of persons (for the purpose of taxation), in a resolution of the Congress of the Confederation. This was later adopted in the 1787 Constitution.
  • June 4 » The Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrate their montgolfière (hot air balloon).
  • July 24 » The Kingdom of Georgia and the Russian Empire sign the Treaty of Georgievsk.
  • July 25 » American Revolutionary War: The war's last action, the Siege of Cuddalore, is ended by a preliminary peace agreement.
  • August 18 » A huge fireball meteor is seen across Great Britain as it passes over the east coast.
  • November 25 » American Revolutionary War: The last British troops leave New York City three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris.

Day of death May 20, 1865

• The temperature on May 20, 1865 was about 23.7 °C. The air pressure was 7.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 49%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1865: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • February 20 » End of the Uruguayan War, with a peace agreement between President Tomás Villalba and rebel leader Venancio Flores, setting the scene for the destructive War of the Triple Alliance.
  • April 1 » American Civil War: Union troops led by Philip Sheridan decisively defeat Confederate troops led by George Pickett, cutting the Army of Northern Virginia's last supply line.
  • May 1 » The Empire of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay sign the Treaty of the Triple Alliance.
  • May 5 » American Civil War: The Confederate government was declared dissolved at Washington, Georgia.
  • July 31 » The first narrow-gauge mainline railway in the world opens at Grandchester, Queensland, Australia.
  • November 10 » Major Henry Wirz, the superintendent of a prison camp in Andersonville, Georgia, is hanged, becoming one of only three American Civil War soldiers executed for war crimes.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1834 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, French general (b. 1757)
• 1841 » Joseph Blanco White, Spanish poet and theologian (b. 1775)
• 1864 » John Clare, English poet (b. 1793)
• 1873 » George-Étienne Cartier, Canadian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 9th Premier of East Canada (b. 1814)
• 1880 » Ana Néri, Brazilian nurse and philanthropist (b. 1814)
• 1896 » Clara Schumann, German pianist and composer (b. 1819)